CNG 84, Lot: 1191. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 21.03 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Providentia standing left, holding wand and cornucopia; globe at her feet to left. RIC IV 19; BMCRE 34-5; Banti 8. Good VF, handsome two-tone brown patina. Bold portrait.